More Success? Quality:

In contrast, rap artist BONES released six albums in 2022 alone, each with an average of seventeen songs. Does BONES’ rapid release of music automatically make his music objectively worse than someone like Rhianna? The answer is, again, no.

But, keep in mind, the amount of music that is released by an artist is usually not up to the artist themselves. Record labels have final say over releases, and are usually motivated by sales and quotas they have to fulfill rather than when something is actually ready to go. In some cases, the music produced under these circumstances is noticeably incohesive, for example, Brockhampton’s final release: TM. TM was a collection of songs that were never completed over BH’s twelve year-long career all compiled into one album. While TM was well received, fan’s agree that it is far less cohesive than the rest of their releases.

In other cases, record labels withhold the release of music, stunting an artist’s career in the process. A more recent example of producers withholding music was between Lil Uzi Vert and his previous label, Generation Now.

So many factors go into how much music is released at one time, and is more often than not out of the artist’s control. In actuality, the answer to which kind of music is better is up to the listener. Quality is subjective, and differs based on whose discography we are talking about. What is “good” or “bad” quality is based on the individual and their particular tastes. Neither quality or quantity can be used as a measure for the success of an artist’s music. That comes down to personal opinion alone.

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